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Dr. Anna Smith

Associate Professor
Teaching and Learning
Office
DEG Degarmo Hall 313
Office Phone
(309) 438-4251office
phone
Email
amsmi11@ilstu.eduemail
Website
developingwriters.orgwebsite
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Biography

Dr. Anna Smith received her Ph.D. at New York University. She is currently an Associate Professor at Illinois State University, following an Institute of Education Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship in Writing and New Learning Ecologies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is co-author of Developing Writers: Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age (Open University Press) and co-editor of the Handbook of Writing, Literacies, and Education in Digital Cultures (Routledge). Her recent research on writing development, transliteracies, and the intersection of teaching and learning can be found in journals such as Language, Culture, and Social Interaction, Theory into Practice, Literacy, and Journal of Literacy Research.

Current Courses

TCH 430.091 Educational Technologies and Design

TCH 482.092 Professional Research II

TCH 579.001 Critical Perspectives on Technology-Based Learning

TCH 599.008 Dissertation Research

TCH 438.001 E-Learning Ecologies In Educational Settings

TCH 481.092 Professional Research I

TCH 468.002 Professional Research In Literacy Learning I

PhD

New York University

Divergent Award for Excellence in Research on Literacy in a Digital Age

Initiative for Literacy in a Digital Age
2025

Literati Award for Most Outstanding Article in English Teaching: Practice and Critique

Emerald Publishers
2024

College of Education Outstanding Teaching Award

Illinois State University
2021

University Service Initiative Award

Illinois State University
2021

University Research Initiative Award

Illinois State University
2019

Arthur Applebee Award for Excellence in Research on Literacy

Literacy Research Association and University at Albany, SUNY
2018

Digital Media and Learning Multi-Method Data Fellow

Connected Learning Alliance
2017

Book, Authored

Mills, K., Stornaiuolo, A., Smith, A., & Pandya, J. Handbook of writing, literacies, and education in digital cultures. Routledge (2017)
Andrews, R., & Smith, A. Developing writers: Teaching and learning in the digital age. Open University Press (2011)

Book, Chapter

Nichols, T., Smith, A., Bulfin, S., & Stornaiuolo, A. Critical Literacy, Digital Platforms, and Datafication. The Handbook of Critical Literacies. Routledge (2021): 345--353.
Smith, A. From Mimeographs to New Learning Ecologies. Critical Digital Literacies: Boundary-Crossing Practices. Brill (2021): 224--230.
Smith, A., & Hall, M. Mobilities of Youth Print Practices in Cosmopolitan Conversation Video Composition. Critical Digital Literacies: Boundary-Crossing Practices. Brill (2021): 145--164.
Dippre, R., & Smith, A. Always Already Relocalized: The Protean Nature of Context in Lifespan Writing Research. Approaches to Lifespan Writing Research: Generating an Actionable Coherence. The WAC Clearinghouse; University Press of Colorado (2020): 27--38.
Smith, A. Across, Through, and With: Ontological Orientations for Lifespan Writing Research. Approaches to Lifespan Writing Research: Generating an Actionable Coherence. The WAC Clearinghouse; University Press of Colorado (2020): 15--26.

Journal Article

Smith, A., Higgs, J., Lizarraga, J., & Watson, V. Guest editorial: Artificial intelligence and composing just education futures. English Teaching: Practice & Critique 23.1 (2024): 1--5.
LeBlanc, R., Aguilera, E., Burriss, S., de Roock, R., Fassbender, W., Monea, B., Nichols, T., Pandya, J., Robinson, B., Smith, A., & others. Digital platforms and the ELA classroom. National Council of Teachers of English, A Policy Research Brief, James R. Squire Office (2023)
McBride, C., Smith, A., & Kalir, J. Tinkering toward teacher learning: a case for critical playful literacies in teacher education. English Teaching: Practice \& Critique 22.2 (2023): 221--233.
Smith, A., & Thakurta, A. Feedback Redux: Affirming Youths’ Learning Lives Through a Design Thinking Approach to Feedback. Voices from the Middle 29.4 (2022): 14--18.
Thakurta, A., & Smith, A. Flexibility by and for Design: Reimagining Learning Structures in Unsettled Times. Voices from the Middle 29.3 (2022): 14--17.

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